mire

[US]/maɪə/
[UK]/'maɪɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. quagmire; marsh
vi. gå fast i mudder; komme i vanskeligheder
vt. synke i mudder; komme i vanskeligheder
Word Forms
Present Participlemiring
Past Tensemired
Third Person Singularmires
Pluralmires
Past Participlemired

Phrases & Collocations

mired in debt

fanget i gæld

mire the situation

forværre situationen

Example Sentences

the mire of poverty.

fattigdommens sumpgrund.

he has been left to squirm in a mire of new allegations.

han er blevet efterladt til at vride sig i en sumpgrund af nye anklager.

sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down .

nogle gange strander en stor lastbil.

his story is an achingly human one, mired in quotidian details.

hans historie er en hjerteskærende menneskelig én, viklet ind i hverdagsdetaljer.

He mired his car and had to go for help,

Han strandede sin bil og måtte hente hjælp.

One year after the crash, the markets remain mired in a deep malaise.

Et år efter nedsmeltningen er markedet stadig fastlåst i en dyb krise.

the economy is mired in its longest recession since the second world war.

Økonomien er gået i den længste recession siden anden verdenskrig.

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